Global R&D Benchmarking Study: FY2011

Key findings:

• Global R&D spending has increased significantly in FY 2011 , despite witnessing a decline in FY 2010
• Global Net Sales and Global R&D spending have grown at a rate of 13.55 percent and 8.2 percent respectively
• The contribution of R&D spend is divided across  NA, EU and APAC regions at 36 percent, 34 percent and 7 percent respectively
• A key contributor to the APAC region isIndia which has the presence of one-third of all Global 1000 R&D spenders